Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster That Warns of a Warmer World

Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster That Warns of a Warmer World
ISBN-10
1458759318
ISBN-13
9781458759313
Category
Hurricanes
Pages
420
Language
English
Published
2010-09-07
Publisher
ReadHowYouWant.com
Author
Abby Sallenger

Description

Presents the story of the 1856 hurricane which decimated Isle Derniere, an island one hundred miles off the coast of New Orleans which served as a summer resort for the wealthy, and the tragic loss of life and environmental devastation which resulted from the disaster.

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